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by seren 11y ago
Given how many times I had to uninstall the yahoo toolbar when visiting my in-laws, I would say this is known.
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by seren 11y ago
Another case is when you have to release a maintenance fix of a product released a few years ago. You likely don't have the old toolchain installed, so you reinstall everything, pull a VM, whatever, and then rebuild the last official v
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by seren 11y ago
Even though I know who he is, at a very basic level, McAfee is the annoying anti-virus I can't disable at work, and the only time I have to deal with it, is when my computer is grinding to halt. Not the best name association.
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by seren 11y ago
I only realized very recently what makes me uneasy with web advertising. (This week from a HN comment) If you see a billboard in the street or an ad in paper journal, you are exposed to the brand name for a few seconds and that's it. I
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by seren 11y ago
HN Guidelines : >Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say in a face-to-face conversation. Avoid gratuitous negativity.
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by seren 11y ago
I still don't know if the move to open source was a success or a failure ? I have seen articles written from both perspective. Obviously, some actors are really interested to paint it one way or the other. At least, it seems they are s
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by seren 11y ago
Most white collar crimes also fall in that category. Was it pure negligence or was it engineered ?
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by seren 11y ago
Stroke ( ischemic or hemorrhagic) can be fixed with mini invasive surgery. Neuro surgeons insert "tools" through your vascular system (inside the leg or neck) and get some feedback with X ray imaging. For plumbing issues, it works
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by seren 11y ago
To be fair most people who claims to have psychic power also claim that, even if not perfect, have a statically significant success rate. I mean if you really had a psychic power that worked 1 in 800,000 trials, a single life wouldn't
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by seren 11y ago
This is a common trope, but having your first child will likely radically change your priorities in life. So you might want to wrap things up before it happens. But I would not start something that is time consuming just before. Having a ch
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by seren 11y ago
If you are ready to create millions of fake account, you are probably ok with writing false testimonies/reviews. Most likely, some affairs have actually happened, but the "success stories" you've read were probably subma
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by seren 11y ago
It seems the revelation there are no women on AM is far worse business-wise than the security breach (Maybe not legally). How can you go on as a business if your business model has been exposed as totally fake ? I would also add, that by ex
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by seren 11y ago
Not much to add, but a similar app was posted this week on HN : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10121917
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by seren 11y ago
But according to the article, you should move to Manhattan.
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by seren 11y ago
I think the most telling part is that 97% are agreeing on the same source of global warming, while the remaining 3% have contradictory explanation. The case would be stronger if there was one single alternate theory.
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by seren 11y ago
I find all the recent discussions about how we are past the tipping point pretty scary. However, let's hope it will help to raise the awareness globally and help us take more decisive actions (whatever it can be, including geoengineeri
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by seren 11y ago
I don't disagree with your premise, but I can't think of any place outside of the US were judges are running for office and elected. In most places, they are more akin to some sort of civil servant, from an administration independ
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by seren 11y ago
I can't manage to reconcile what you are explaining here with your previous post on Turkish censorship. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10005009 It sounds like you are advocating the exact opposite in both posts r
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by seren 11y ago
Moreover, in some circumstances, it is not even a mistake, but you've been the victim of something terrible, and your name will be associated forever with it. "I am not sure I want to employ/rent to someone who's been vi
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by seren 11y ago
Think of the impact in term of image. Would you be ready to use a company service that is willing to switch off its services, even temporarily, when they don't agree with the local law? Using your users as hostage, is a very bad way to
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by seren 11y ago
Practically, the right to be forgotten will only diminish the ease of access to information, but won't remove them altogether. For example, a landlord can quickly Google a potential tenant. But I don't think he would try to go to
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by seren 11y ago
I also agree with the right to be forgotten principle. However regarding its current implementation, I don't necessarily agree with the fact that private entities are the one judging the requests (and they never asked for it!). If it i
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by seren 11y ago
Maybe I am naive, but I personally believe you can benefit from welfare or healthcare, even if you do not get any money directly. I am quite happy, that some of my tax money is preventing to have multi-resistant tuberculosis, or STDs (or wh
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by seren 11y ago
It is still better to act early than having someone else squatting your address for a few days.
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by seren 11y ago
For comparison, 3D ultrasound are mostly a gimmick for parents to see their baby face in advance, so to speak. I don't think there is any medical applications where it is actually useful. Still it creates an incentive for doctors to ge
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by seren 11y ago
I don't necessarily have an enlightened opinion, but when you compare solar vs fossil fuel, most of the time you should compare (solar + battery) vs fuel. And fossil fuels have a really great energy density. https://en.wikip
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by seren 11y ago
This is from the founder of Soylent[0], so likely not. While some ideas are delusional, it is refreshing to see someone taking nothing for granted. I also suspect the timing of the post is there only to generate discussion at the time of So
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by seren 11y ago
I am not sure about coal, but you can't easily shutdown a nuclear reactor, so there are times during the day when you are overproducing. So pumping some water is a way to not totally lose the energy produced during that time.
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by seren 11y ago
Fundamentally it is to have a good signal to noise ratio, in the name of efficiency. I'd rather read/parse quickly 50 insightful comments, that 300 where most of them are jokes, puns, etc. Sure more jokes would likely give a more
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by seren 11y ago
At least, potholes can't move, but with petty criminals, if some streets are patrolled more often, they will just move elsewhere.

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